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they -- itch the issue is, we see the debt and the deficit, we could address it by just hiking taxes. the underlying spenting isn't the problem. maybe not enough revenue is. >> the problem its we're run out of revenue payers. the amount of people on subsidies is far outpacing the amount of people to tax, and the dangerous cob sequence -- we've seen the consequence of washington not coming up with policy formulations in a pro-active way. we're still discussing social security solvency, which is pathetic. still trike to figure out how to pay for the health care spitelements and they're a collective arrogance on the part of congresswoman pelosi when 50% of northwestern people are saying, please, do something about this. >> she is not alone. there are knock of prominent democrats, we don't have a spending problem, we have a healthcare problem, and get everything under control. so you can be in denial a long time before you're starting to say it's more than a river in egypt. >> it's true but at it ultimately an arrogance saying we're the united states of america. we're never going to defau
they -- itch the issue is, we see the debt and the deficit, we could address it by just hiking taxes. the underlying spenting isn't the problem. maybe not enough revenue is. >> the problem its we're run out of revenue payers. the amount of people on subsidies is far outpacing the amount of people to tax, and the dangerous cob sequence -- we've seen the consequence of washington not coming up with policy formulations in a pro-active way. we're still discussing social security solvency,...
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this the in the new normal no interest in bringing down the deficit or the debt. >> we just did this whole fiscal cliff thing at the end of the year. we thought hey had a deal where we're going to raise revenues this way and cut spending this way, blah blah blah. listen to what president barack obama said just this past sunday. >> there's no doubt we need additional revenue. coupled with smart spending reductions, in order to bring down our deficit. >> was he crossing his fingers behind his back when he negotiated the fiscal cliff deal? sounds like he is going after more revenue. >> he'll never stop trying to raise taxes. whether or not he can succeed i don't know. he comes out of a far left ideology that believes in class warfare and radical wealth restriction and to feed that you need tax revenue coming from the so-called 1% on whom he raised tax throw it the fiscal cliff deal. he knows the real now is with the mitting class so he is coming for you. so -- >> wait, wait. right there want you to listen to this. this is also what he said. >> can we close some loopholes and deductions
this the in the new normal no interest in bringing down the deficit or the debt. >> we just did this whole fiscal cliff thing at the end of the year. we thought hey had a deal where we're going to raise revenues this way and cut spending this way, blah blah blah. listen to what president barack obama said just this past sunday. >> there's no doubt we need additional revenue. coupled with smart spending reductions, in order to bring down our deficit. >> was he crossing his...
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would that help solve the $16 billion deficit that the usps has? >> there have been other agreements with the other unions who have done the same thing. step to the plate. look at a lower pay for those employees, incoming employees. the unions have done that. >> okay. >> the unions have worked with the postal service to do that. we need to look a the at increasing business, not cutting and slashing but increasing business and have six-day delivery. >> okay. >> and increase our service to the american public. >> ma'am, i'm going to let you go he, but the quinnipiac coal had americans voting four to one in favor of eliminating the first class mail service. we're going to have to leave it there. >> thank you very much. >>> thank you. >>> unions want him out of the job. what's the post master general have to say about that? patrick donohoe will be a special guest at 8 p.m. on fbn. don't miss that. >>> can states force law abiding gun owners to pay for future victims of crime? they're about to try. straight from the congressional budget office, he signe
would that help solve the $16 billion deficit that the usps has? >> there have been other agreements with the other unions who have done the same thing. step to the plate. look at a lower pay for those employees, incoming employees. the unions have done that. >> okay. >> the unions have worked with the postal service to do that. we need to look a the at increasing business, not cutting and slashing but increasing business and have six-day delivery. >> okay. >> and...
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is increasingly frustrated by the i insistence that the solution to deficit spending is more taxation. >>> president doesn't believe we have a spending problem. he genuinely believes the government spending causes economic growth. if that were true, the economy today would be thriving. it isn't thriving. >> washington has to deal with its spending problem. i watched them kick the can down 22 years down the road. its time to act. >> had he tahoe roundly dismiss the suggestion to postpone tens of billions of dollars of automatic spending cuts in defense and other departments on march 1st. defense secretary renewed pretty dire warnings today. listen.... >> my greatest concern today is that we are putting our national security at risk by lurching from budget crisis to budget crisis to budget crisis. >> only a couple hours after the speech. senate republicans unveiled their al downsize the government's civilian work force and freeze pay for members of congress. >> this is way of doing it without cutting defenses, without cutting desk and without raising taxes. >> reporter: republicans plan
is increasingly frustrated by the i insistence that the solution to deficit spending is more taxation. >>> president doesn't believe we have a spending problem. he genuinely believes the government spending causes economic growth. if that were true, the economy today would be thriving. it isn't thriving. >> washington has to deal with its spending problem. i watched them kick the can down 22 years down the road. its time to act. >> had he tahoe roundly dismiss the...
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god said i need somebody dumb enough to believe in global warming, deficit spending and arrogant enough to look down at hardworking folk because they don't have a worthless ph.d. in 20th century belgium lesbian studies. someone to pass an unread bill, person that would take story of american success and turn it in lesson of injustic injustice. so god made a liberal. >> dana: over 500,000 views of that one this weekend. greg, you like it for a little bit more of a communication strategy reason. >> greg: it's a realization that among the right, i would say the younger right, the people that are the future of conservatives and libertarianism that the left hates us. it's time to use the saul alinsky against them. it's the jugular. not the hugular. the jugular. that's how you win. the left has been doing it for generations. so now you are upset they're rude to you. grow some. >> dana: one of the things i notice in the video was about the vileness from some of the attacks. i am on twitter a lot. it tweet about my dog. it never put anything nasty about anybody. >> kimberly: except for greg. >>
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the deficit goes back up even though we saw it go slightly down. they're calling this the sandwich generation, the people in the middle getting squeezed by taking care of their older parents that can't retire early and taking care of kids. youth unemployment at 11.5. >> more of the middle class becoming the working poor at this point. and the problem is, you can't ask the guy a question. he makes an announcement. you can't ask him a question to get meaningful discussion to hear the other side. when you have the chance, and he was able to have control to put something through, what did he do? we're still hearing blame it on bush. that's old. >> also tax hikes. we'll have the highest spending and highest government spending and highest tax rates. i'm not sure who is can connecte dots to create jobs. >> can i say something? the new normal is the old miserable. the carter era with bandwidth. does he care about the fracturing. the harder american life gets the more he can change it. when we take the bus instead of drive that's progress. he sees shrinkag
the deficit goes back up even though we saw it go slightly down. they're calling this the sandwich generation, the people in the middle getting squeezed by taking care of their older parents that can't retire early and taking care of kids. youth unemployment at 11.5. >> more of the middle class becoming the working poor at this point. and the problem is, you can't ask the guy a question. he makes an announcement. you can't ask him a question to get meaningful discussion to hear the other...
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under current law the deficit will shrink in 2013. as an estimated $845 billion, the deficit, the first in five years below $1 trillion. >> the cbo projects deficits to decline from $845 billion to year to as low as 430 billion in 2015 but then 978 billion a year by 2023. >> in 2014 or 15 the deficit will come down. there's a tax increase we just passed. that combines to produce a smaller deficit. >> though the president has not submitted his budget, the cbo projects the next ten years u.s. debt will increase $10 trillion from a little more than 16 trillion-dollar now to more than $26 trillion in 2023. >> you can't raise enough tax to say pay for this problem. you won't grow fast enough to get rid of this problem. you ultimately have to deal with spending. >> after 2023, the debt begins to soar. >> after that it's going to grow and reach the trillion and go beyond the trillion. so at no point in the foreseeable future is the deficit going to come down to manageable level. >> noting repeatedly high debts are bad and dangerous as he put
under current law the deficit will shrink in 2013. as an estimated $845 billion, the deficit, the first in five years below $1 trillion. >> the cbo projects deficits to decline from $845 billion to year to as low as 430 billion in 2015 but then 978 billion a year by 2023. >> in 2014 or 15 the deficit will come down. there's a tax increase we just passed. that combines to produce a smaller deficit. >> though the president has not submitted his budget, the cbo projects the next...
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our deficit is a big problem. what about ourbo taxation syste? when i pick up my bible, you know what i see? i see the fairest individual in the universe, god, he's given us a system. it's called tithe. >> he didn't stopme there becaue carson is head of neurosurgery at john hopkins. listen to his anecdote for obamacare. >> here is my solution. when the person is born, give him a birth certificate, electronic medical record and a health savings account. to which money can be contributed,n pretaxed, from tx time you're born to the time yot die. when you die, you can pass it on to your family members so that when you're 85 years old and you got six diseases, you're nots, trying to spend up everything. you're happy to pass it on and there is nobody talking about death panels. >> rush limbaugh said republicans could learn a thing or two from the good doctor. >> guy comes along in 43 seconds and sets43 out a position basedn out principles of individualvi responsibility and free market that is a logical solution that makes total sense to everybody who h
our deficit is a big problem. what about ourbo taxation syste? when i pick up my bible, you know what i see? i see the fairest individual in the universe, god, he's given us a system. it's called tithe. >> he didn't stopme there becaue carson is head of neurosurgery at john hopkins. listen to his anecdote for obamacare. >> here is my solution. when the person is born, give him a birth certificate, electronic medical record and a health savings account. to which money can be...
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>> bret: so, ed, what are we hearing if the president will tack the deficit in the speech? >> interesting, because today jay carney said he does believe there is a spending problem in washington. he seems to disagree with nancy pelosi a little bit. carney went on to say he believes the problem is with spending on healthcare. so something the president tried to tack with the affordable care act and carney went on to say the president doesn't believe the government is too big now. when you compare it to historic levels, sign he is not going all in on the deficit tomorrow night. he is going all in on new investments. >> bret: okay. ed henry live on the north lawn. thank you. you can see the president's speech along with the republican response on fox news channel tuesday starting at 8:55:00 p.m. eastern. and to share your thoughts and opinions on tuesday's address, you can take part in something new. in the bing pulse at bing.com/politics. fox news is partnering with bing to get a pulse of what viewers think of the "state of the union" address. you can log on. go to page right
>> bret: so, ed, what are we hearing if the president will tack the deficit in the speech? >> interesting, because today jay carney said he does believe there is a spending problem in washington. he seems to disagree with nancy pelosi a little bit. carney went on to say he believes the problem is with spending on healthcare. so something the president tried to tack with the affordable care act and carney went on to say the president doesn't believe the government is too big now....
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and i believe we're for fiscal discipline, managing down the debt and deficit for a reason because we don't want a debt crisis to implode this country and our economy because if you see interest rates jack up because all of a sudden our debt is unsustainable. that means families will have to pay more every month in their mortgage and eventually see taxes go up even further because we have to pay off more debt. >> greta: how do you get that message out to the american people? i realize you go on cable shows, but we go on every single cable show and reach a universe of 7 million people. how are you going to get that out to the american people? >> one thing we require the nate to do a budget the first time in four years and as you know, if they don't do a budget they don't get paid. all of a sudden, senator schumer and others are saying we're going to do a budget. great. now we can talk about their prescription of managing down the deficit and the debt and see what it is that they're calling for. we also passed a bill in the house today that required plan act and said that the president
and i believe we're for fiscal discipline, managing down the debt and deficit for a reason because we don't want a debt crisis to implode this country and our economy because if you see interest rates jack up because all of a sudden our debt is unsustainable. that means families will have to pay more every month in their mortgage and eventually see taxes go up even further because we have to pay off more debt. >> greta: how do you get that message out to the american people? i realize you...
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our deficit is a big problem. >> what about our taxation system? when i pick up my bible, you know he what i see? i see the fairest individual in the universe, god, and he's given us a system. it's called time. >> well, he didn't stop there because carson is the head of neurosurgery at johns hopkins. listen to his take on obama care. >> he's my solution. when the person is born, give them a birth certificate, an electronic card and a health savings account. when you die, you can pass it on to your family members so that when you're 85 years old and you've got six diseases you're not trying to spend up everything. you're happy to pass it on and there's nobody talking about death panels. >> well, rush limbaugh said republicans could learn a thing or two from the good doctor. >> he sets out a position based on our principles of individual responsibility and free market that is a logical solution that makes total sense to everybody who hears it. >> this man said it while obama's sitting there. this is the kind of thing the republican party should have
our deficit is a big problem. >> what about our taxation system? when i pick up my bible, you know he what i see? i see the fairest individual in the universe, god, and he's given us a system. it's called time. >> well, he didn't stop there because carson is the head of neurosurgery at johns hopkins. listen to his take on obama care. >> he's my solution. when the person is born, give them a birth certificate, an electronic card and a health savings account. when you die, you...
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everybody wanted -- he was there to talk about spending deficit and debt. everybody wanted to talk about gun control. almost to a person everyone said the only reason why the government wants me to go through background checks is so they know what background i have and how many guns i have so they can take my guns. that's what the perception is. >> there's a lot of paranoia. the there is no such plot a foot from anybody involved. of course the president is out of touch with the sport with the family traditions. that's why the picture was posted. >> here's a simple solution. all gun control ought to apply to everybody that includes the body guards anybody who works for the department or agency. if you don't think i need this or that weapon to protect my family you don't need yours. i am saying all americans are worth the same. my family is eerie bit as valuable as anybody else's family when he works in congress or the branch. >> we have to leave it there. stay tuned. we are going to tell you what it takes to accurately predict the outcome of a football game.
everybody wanted -- he was there to talk about spending deficit and debt. everybody wanted to talk about gun control. almost to a person everyone said the only reason why the government wants me to go through background checks is so they know what background i have and how many guns i have so they can take my guns. that's what the perception is. >> there's a lot of paranoia. the there is no such plot a foot from anybody involved. of course the president is out of touch with the sport with...
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first term and we've seen record deficits, record spending, trillion dollar plus deficits for as long as president obama's been in office. so for the average american, $50,000 in debt. it's gone up 50% since president obama's been in office and his solution to ever fiscal problem that we face has been to raise taxes not to look at the spending side of the equation. >> what do you think he's going to say tomorrow night the state of the union. >> he hopes to talk about the economy and job, an inauguration. >> and more of a rough picture speech than the state of the union. >> right, but i think we continue to see where the economy is our number one issue, jobs getting americans back to work and this is the slowest recovery in the history of this country. and i hope that president obama talks about, oh, how we're going to work to get americans back to work. >> you're part of the leadership, i'm curious, we're pushing up on this march 1st sequestration deadline, have you heard from the white house? i mean, is there a dialog going on between the white house and the house of representatives
first term and we've seen record deficits, record spending, trillion dollar plus deficits for as long as president obama's been in office. so for the average american, $50,000 in debt. it's gone up 50% since president obama's been in office and his solution to ever fiscal problem that we face has been to raise taxes not to look at the spending side of the equation. >> what do you think he's going to say tomorrow night the state of the union. >> he hopes to talk about the economy and...
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. >> i believe the debt and deficit are crucial issues. that's why i am a republican. but the republican party has evolved. >> bill: i want you to announce on this program so we can have security remove you from the building at the same time. grab. >> i don't want to give a stump speech there is a fascinating argument to be made for a new kind of republican. someone who is not dogmatic and new jersey the kind of state. >> bill: run and we will see what happens. >> thank you. >> bill: menendez is through. >> junior senator. >> bill: he has done -- too much shady stuff with this doctor. i don't know what he did in the dominican republic and we'll find out what he did. even if he didn't do anything there. too much shady stuff with this doctor. he is now lost credibility. menendez has. and if he is forced resign, which i believe he may be. then christie is going to appoint a republican to take 34eus his place and there will be a special election, right? >> he would probably, i would guess appoint the man who lost in the race. if i were chris christie. >> bill: then there w
. >> i believe the debt and deficit are crucial issues. that's why i am a republican. but the republican party has evolved. >> bill: i want you to announce on this program so we can have security remove you from the building at the same time. grab. >> i don't want to give a stump speech there is a fascinating argument to be made for a new kind of republican. someone who is not dogmatic and new jersey the kind of state. >> bill: run and we will see what happens. >>...
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they see big deficits. this is an opportunity to real against deficits and of course what you must do is cut social security benefits for some reason to deal with the current deficit and so that's a big part of it. and that influences the debate. the other thing is there are a lot of people in d.c. who posture, whose persona is that of being serious and you show that by being lling to impose suffering and cuts. the serious thing to do right now to spend is very, very. so they don't -- i think they just find it hard to even wrap their minds around the notion that the opposite of what they usually call for is what you need to do right now. >> and i think that's particularly true in the case after financial crises. in your earlier book you talk about the idea that there's a sense -- deep intuitive moral sense in which people feel you need to pay penance, right? >> right. >> if there's been crisis, there's been sin, and the only way to get oust sin is penance, and you have a great argument about that in your bo
they see big deficits. this is an opportunity to real against deficits and of course what you must do is cut social security benefits for some reason to deal with the current deficit and so that's a big part of it. and that influences the debate. the other thing is there are a lot of people in d.c. who posture, whose persona is that of being serious and you show that by being lling to impose suffering and cuts. the serious thing to do right now to spend is very, very. so they don't -- i think...
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the fact check organization says only $1.4 trillion have the deficit reduction was in spending cuts. the rest came from tax hikes. >>> a seven-year-old colorado boy has been suspended from cool for lobbing an imaginary grenade in order to save the planet. he did not threaten anyone but violated the school's list of absolutes which forbids weapons real or pretend. his mother doesn't think it's realistic important second graders but the school district tells the herald newspaper the story is more complicated than being portrayed. >> finally as the associated press puts it, no wonder they are in danger. galapagos for advertises aluminum period around while a pianist played getting them in the mood to mate. they did not appear to be aroused by his romantic style of music but they seemed to perk up for carrots. >> iran's leader rejected one-on-one talks about its nuclear program. tehran has found another way to provoke the obama administration. amy kellogg has more from london. >> iran just released footage it claimed it extracted from a drone captured in 2011. footage of the pentagon wil
the fact check organization says only $1.4 trillion have the deficit reduction was in spending cuts. the rest came from tax hikes. >>> a seven-year-old colorado boy has been suspended from cool for lobbing an imaginary grenade in order to save the planet. he did not threaten anyone but violated the school's list of absolutes which forbids weapons real or pretend. his mother doesn't think it's realistic important second graders but the school district tells the herald newspaper the...
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of 34 former players studied, 20 are were found to be normal, the other 14 diagnosed with cognitive deficits. >>> take a look at these amazing shots. canadian astronaut chris hatfield snapped these breath taking pictures of earth from the international space station. that is 250 miles above the planet's surface. since he had no direct internet connection, he's been sending the images through nasa to his son and evan then posts themselves online for his dad's twitter followers and space fans. >> you just don't get enough bars on the space station for the internet. >> i love the collaboration with his son. very cool. thank you. >>> 18 after the hour. we're getting an early read on your local news making national headlines and we'll start with this from colorado's reporter herald. 7-year-old alex says he can't believe he was dispended. his mother says he was actually suspended for trying to save the world from evil. the principal told her that alex threw a fake grenade during recess. she says he didn't have anything in his hands. he made no threats. he was simply using his imagination. the scho
of 34 former players studied, 20 are were found to be normal, the other 14 diagnosed with cognitive deficits. >>> take a look at these amazing shots. canadian astronaut chris hatfield snapped these breath taking pictures of earth from the international space station. that is 250 miles above the planet's surface. since he had no direct internet connection, he's been sending the images through nasa to his son and evan then posts themselves online for his dad's twitter followers and space...
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he will tie that, i think, to the debt and the deficit. he will talk about raising additional revenue. there is going to be no sign of compromise, no willingness to do a deal on the budget any grand bargain of the type that simpson-bowles proposed and we will get more of the same with a focus on jobs and the economy and more stimulus spending. >>gregg: he raised taxes on minute and now he wants more tax revenues? >> he says he does and the democrats are saying they need another $600 billion in tax revenue. we are not at the issue of spending cuts. no one wants to talk about it in either party. there is leak today that the president in the speech will talk about debt and deficit reduction because they saw the pew poll that shows this is what people care about. the polls show it. the public pegs this debt problem to the part of the reason why the economy is lagging yet the president ignores this. >> he never mentioned any of this in the inaugural. remember, it is not a spending problem? he never mentioned the economy and now the numbers are
he will tie that, i think, to the debt and the deficit. he will talk about raising additional revenue. there is going to be no sign of compromise, no willingness to do a deal on the budget any grand bargain of the type that simpson-bowles proposed and we will get more of the same with a focus on jobs and the economy and more stimulus spending. >>gregg: he raised taxes on minute and now he wants more tax revenues? >> he says he does and the democrats are saying they need another $600...
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democrats and republicans have still been able to come together and cut the deficit by more than $2.5 trillion through a mix of spending cuts and higher rates on taxes for the wealthy. >> gretchen: so does that mean more taxes, too? new hampshire senator kelly ayotte joins us now with her thoughts. good morning to you, senator. >> good morning. >> gretchen: so what did you make of the president when he made that comment? >> what i made of it is this, that no question that we need to cut spending, get our fiscal house in order with $16 trillion in debt, but his first answer to everything is, new taxes. when you think about it, what happened in january, he got $600 billion in new revenue. where were the spending cuts? now again he wants to raise taxes. i think it's time for us to cut spending. >> steve: what are the odds he was talking yesterday about how bad the sequester is. the sequester was the idea, it was the invention of the white house! >> well, it was. if you read bob woodward's book, he said it was their idea and by the way, today i'm going to be working with another group of
democrats and republicans have still been able to come together and cut the deficit by more than $2.5 trillion through a mix of spending cuts and higher rates on taxes for the wealthy. >> gretchen: so does that mean more taxes, too? new hampshire senator kelly ayotte joins us now with her thoughts. good morning to you, senator. >> good morning. >> gretchen: so what did you make of the president when he made that comment? >> what i made of it is this, that no question...
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let's reform the defense budget and look at the largest drivers of our deficit in mandate spending programs those on the left end of the spectrum don't want to cut. >>brian: they took gates cuts and are going try to up them by $500 billion. leon panetta takes over from them. has the same fear. here's what he said yesterday on "meet the press." >> we've got a plan for that possibility because there are so many members saying we're going to let it take place, but i have to tell you it is irresponsible for it to happen. i mean, why -- why in god's name would members of congress elected by the american people take a step that would badly damage our national defense, but more importantly undermine the support for our men and women in uniform? why would you do that? >>brian: that is inaccurate. it is the president who proposed these sequester cuts. this isn't congress doing that. and republican fear about these cuts, would you say that's accurate? >> i would say it's accurate. there is a growing resignation to them on the hill for some reason. i was there two weeks ago. everyone seems resigned to
let's reform the defense budget and look at the largest drivers of our deficit in mandate spending programs those on the left end of the spectrum don't want to cut. >>brian: they took gates cuts and are going try to up them by $500 billion. leon panetta takes over from them. has the same fear. here's what he said yesterday on "meet the press." >> we've got a plan for that possibility because there are so many members saying we're going to let it take place, but i have to...
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as i mentioned, job security and growing the economy, getting the deficit down. the country is still heading to an unsustainable debt situation. the cost of college, the cost of health care. those basic bread and butter issues that the government starts tackling those, i think these conspiracy theories will have a lot less traction. >> brian: you believe the middle is the place to get the country back, don't you? >> there is no question about it. right now the process is dominated by the two extremes. i think it's only when what i would call the radical middle, people are fed up and say, look, we just want practical solutions, when they stand up and start holding our elected officials accountable, then perhaps it will start work a little better once again. >> brian: all right. senator, always great to see you. have a great weekend and road luck shoveling -- good luck shoveling. >> take care. >> brian: back in a couple of minutes. maybe three [ male announcer ] coughequence™ #8. waking the baby. [ coughs ] [ baby crying ] ♪ [ male announcer ] robitussin® liqu
as i mentioned, job security and growing the economy, getting the deficit down. the country is still heading to an unsustainable debt situation. the cost of college, the cost of health care. those basic bread and butter issues that the government starts tackling those, i think these conspiracy theories will have a lot less traction. >> brian: you believe the middle is the place to get the country back, don't you? >> there is no question about it. right now the process is dominated...
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bithe end of his first term and we've seen record deficits, record spending, trillion dollars-plus deficits for as long as president obama has been in office. >> and the senate republican leader, mitch mcconnell, says the president's gotten all the tax increases that he's going to get. back to you all in new york. >> gretchen: molly henneberg live at the white house today. thanks. >> brian: should be interesting to see if ted nugent will be there. he's got an invitation from a congressman and perhaps an illegal immigrant being tossed out. so that's going to be an interesting dynamic. >> steve: lot going on. in other headlines this morning, one day after the state of the union address, president obama once again planning to bypass congress of the he's set to issue an executive order tomorrow on what companies must do to protect computers from cyber attacks. good. he failed to get the cyber intelligence sharing and protection act passed by congress. the reason? republican party is concerned that the bill would expand the government's regulatory power and increase costs for businesses. both im
bithe end of his first term and we've seen record deficits, record spending, trillion dollars-plus deficits for as long as president obama has been in office. >> and the senate republican leader, mitch mcconnell, says the president's gotten all the tax increases that he's going to get. back to you all in new york. >> gretchen: molly henneberg live at the white house today. thanks. >> brian: should be interesting to see if ted nugent will be there. he's got an invitation from a...
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. >> our deficit is a big problem. think about it. our national debt, 16.5 trillion dollars? you think that's not a lot of money in tell you what, count one number per second. you know how long it will take to count to 16 trillion? 507,000 years. you make $10 billion, you put in a billion. you make $10, you put in one. some people say that's not fair because it doesn't hurt the guy to made $10 billion as much as -- where does it say you have to hurt the guy? he just put a billion dollars in the pot. we don't need to hurt him. >> a lot of people say his speech eclipsed that of president obama who -- i don't portend to be in the mind of president obama but he didn't look delighted. >> i would like to get in hit mind. loathing on his face. that's one of the more coherent defenses of flat tax. >> start counting. >> why shouldn't every citizen pay the same rate? >> why does it have to be punitive is -- >> exactly. the sure pleasure of punishing someone. >> i found out sean hannity has more power than i do. he got his on his show. here he is. >> well, you know, obviously i had all
. >> our deficit is a big problem. think about it. our national debt, 16.5 trillion dollars? you think that's not a lot of money in tell you what, count one number per second. you know how long it will take to count to 16 trillion? 507,000 years. you make $10 billion, you put in a billion. you make $10, you put in one. some people say that's not fair because it doesn't hurt the guy to made $10 billion as much as -- where does it say you have to hurt the guy? he just put a billion dollars...
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need to limit our spending, deficits are a problem and do what he always does, is spend more money. he gives great speeches. they're wonderful. but look at the actual actions and its ongoing spending, ongoing deficits, 50% increase in the national debt. we're up to $60.5 trillion national debt. we'll be up by the end of the year. i don't think any his budgets balanced in any of the years. the republicans should kill some programs and kill some of this activity wiping us out. >> gretchen: thanks so much. >> thank you. >> gretchen: coming up, taliban despises us. the muslim brotherhood wants to destroy us. can we afford to make defense cuts then right now? general bob scales next. [ male announcer ] how do you make america's favorite recipes? just begin with america's favorite soups. bring out chicken broccoli alfredo. or best-ever meatloaf. go to campbellskitchen.com for recipes, plus a valuable coupon. campbell's. it's amazing what soup can do. >> i'm bill hemmer. nothing like a bombshell to start the week. the pope is resigning, full and complete reaction on this breaking story. 67
need to limit our spending, deficits are a problem and do what he always does, is spend more money. he gives great speeches. they're wonderful. but look at the actual actions and its ongoing spending, ongoing deficits, 50% increase in the national debt. we're up to $60.5 trillion national debt. we'll be up by the end of the year. i don't think any his budgets balanced in any of the years. the republicans should kill some programs and kill some of this activity wiping us out. >> gretchen:...